Toy boat



G. CHURUS Jan. 11, 1927.

TOY BOAT Filed May 26.

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Patented Jan. -l1, 19277.

GEORGE CHURUS, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOY BOAT.

Application filed May 26, 1925. Serial No. 33,055.

This invention relates to a miniature boatL and while it is especiallyada ted for use in connection with Christmas'displays, it will be seenthat it is also capable of use for advertising and other' purposes.

Briefly stated, an important object is to provide a miniature boathaving novel means whereby the'same may be rocked or moved back andforth to imitate a boat at sea. A further aim of the invention is toprovide aminiature boat having a number of features such as asmoke-stack to give 0H real smoke, a' steam whistle', ladders, marinelights, a pilot house, all of which contribute 'to the production of a'toy which may be used at Christmas time or any time desired and withadvertising.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy boat of thecharacter specified which may be used as a source of pleasure to boththe young and old.

Other objects and advantageswill be apparent during the following descrition.

In the accompanying drawing orming a part of this application and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Figure l1 is a side elevation of the improved toy, parts being insection;

Fig. 2 is avertical transverse'sectional view through the improved toy,the view being taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawiing, wherein for the purpose of illustration lis shown apreferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 desig natcs 'a hullwhich may, of course, be made of' any suitable material and at thispoint it is desired to state that while certain matcrials maybepreferred for some parts of the invention, other materials are suitablefor use in this connection and I do not wish to be restricted to the useof any particular materials. The hull 5 may be provided with a latbottom of wood, paper, or the like, having a transversely curved upperportion 7 of wood, stout cardboard, av composition material, or thelike, which may or may not be covered with a colored or figured paper.

The cradle 10 is provided with a pair of rockers 11 mounted upon asupport 12. Figsfl and 2 illustrate that the rockers 11 are mountedbetween a pair of spaced parallel guideways 14 by means of which therockers are heid against lateral movement. The support 12 is in thenature of a housing for an electric or other motor 16 which drives awheel 18 through the medium of a belt 20, or the like. Attention isdirected to Fig. 1 which shows that the wheel 18 is provided with alaterally projecting drive pin 22 which extends through a slot in oneend of a lever 24. The lever 24 is fulcrumed to a. bracket 26 and theouter end of the lever has connection with a link 28, the upper end ofwhich is connected as indicated at 30 to the forward portion of thehull.- It is thus seen that the operation of the electric motor 16 willresult in the rocking of the hull 5 to give the hull the appearance ofa. boat at sea. A suitably corrugated paper or other body 34 islocatedon opposite sides `of the hull to represent rough water.

.In carrying out the invention the electric motor 16 may be providedwith current from any source and a transformer 36 may be employed ifnecessary or expedient.

Fig. 1 illustrates that a cabin 38 is 'mounted on the hull and morespecifically, upper and lower tiers ofstaterooms or cabins 38 aremounted upon the hull. or pilot house 40 is mounted upon the cabin 38and one or more figures representing Santa Claus may be located withinthe observation or pilot house 40.

Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate that a small boiler 50 may be located upon thehull immediately above or in operative relation to burner will travelthrough a whistle 52 to give a whistling sound. At one side of theboiler is located a firebox 53 in which charcoal and incense may beburned. to give off `rcal smoke through a smokestack 54. The firebox isrovided with a fire door 56 by means of which the supply of plenished.`Fig. 3 shows that air inlet openings 58 are located in the side orother convenient place in the firebox.

In carrying out the invention, the front and rearmasts 60 may be of woodwhich are preferably colored with greenpaper. The masts may support oneor more rows of electric lights 62 and these electric lights may extendbeyond the mas and to the hull as illustrated in Fig.l 1. The improvedlboat may also be provided with marine lights 63 at an place desired andof any color or degree o brightness.

An observation a burner 51 of any type and the steam created by the fuelmay be re-l Suitable ornamental ropes of silver or thel like aredesignated by the numeral 68 and may be connected to the masts or otherparts of the boat.

Also the improved boat may be provided with Christmas birds 70 locatedatvarious places, and with ladders 64 having sides of silver rope or thelike.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A miniaure boat comprising a hull, a cradle supporting the hull andhaving a pair of rockers, a housing having a fiat surface supporting'the rockers, alink connected to the hull, a lever connected to the linkand having a slotted end, and a power wheel having a drive memberextended through lthe slotted end of said lever whereby to Lawaai wheelwithin said housing.

3. `A miniature boat comprising va hull, a

cradle supporting the hull and having a pair of rockers, a housinghaving a lat surface supporting the rockers, a link connected to thehull, a lever connected to' the link and having a slotted end, a powerwheel having 'a drive member extended through the slotyted end of saidlever whereby to rock the boat, and a power unit for operating .thewheel within said housing, said supportlng housing being provided withmeans limiting v the lateral movement of said rockers.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

GEORGE CHURUS.

